Carrot Halwa

Preparation time :  15 mins
Cooking time : one hour
Serves : 6 persons

Ingredients :

Grated Carrots : 4 cups (or) 5 -6 big carrots approx...
Milk : 4 cups
Sugar : 1 cup
Ghee : 1 tbsp
Dry fruits : 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder : 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice or vinegar : few drops

Method :

Grate carrots using grater with bigger holes , if you grate them using smaller holes grater then entire thing will become like a paste and you can not get that texture.
Take a pan and heat it.
When it is hot add ghee , then add dry fruits and saute them till they are golden brown in colour.
Add carrots mix them well then add 2 cups of milk.
Let carrots to cook in milk -- it will take half an hour approx.
(If you don't have enough time you can add 1 and half cups of evoperated milk instead of milk)
Mean while take a pan and add remaining 2 cups of milk , once they come to boil add few drops of lemon juice or vinegar and let the milk to curdle (When you see clear water from milk take pan out from flame )
Strain the liquid , wash paneer with cold running water and hang it for further use. (You want all water to go out)
People will add khoa instead of paneer, you can use either of them. khoa is  made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan.
Even some people will use condensed milk too. 
Once that carrot and milk mixture thickens , add 1 cup of sugar and 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder.
Mix it till sugar melts and ghee starts to leave from the pan.
Add prepared paneer now and mix it well.
Carrot halwa is ready.
Cool it before serving.